Friday
Friday, 23 October 2026
Dvādaśī, Gaura (bright) pakṣa Āśvina (Padmanābha) māsa · Gaurābda 540 Nakṣatra: Pūrva-bhādrapadā
6 songs to sing today
Disappearance day of Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami
Foremost in Renunciation Among the Six Goswamis of Vrindavana
- Departed
- Traditionally 1586, Shukla Dvadasi of Ashvina (some sources place it a few years earlier)
- Place
- Radha-kunda, Vrindavana
By the time Rupa Gosvami himself left this world, tradition says, Raghunatha Dasa Goswami had already given up eating and drinking almost completely. He lived on little more than chanting and grief. Sources differ on the exact year of his own disappearance. Most give 1586, on Shukla Dvadasi of the month of Ashvina, while a small number of accounts place it slightly earlier.
Disappearance day of Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami
The Goswami Whose Voice Made Srimad-Bhagavatam Sing
- Departed
- c. 1579 (some sources say 1580)
- Place
- Radha-kunda, Vrindavana
Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami is generally said to have disappeared from this world around 1579, though a few sources place it a year or so later. As with several of the Six Goswamis, modern accounts do not fully agree on any single date. One detail is recorded consistently, and it is stranger and more specific than most disappearance stories in this tradition.
Disappearance day of Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami
Author of Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita
- Departed
- c. 1615-1620 (some traditions say 1616-1617)
- Place
- Vrindavana, near the Radha-Damodara temple
Exactly when Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami passed away is not settled. Most modern accounts place his disappearance somewhere between about 1615 and 1620. Some Gaudiya Vaishnava traditions narrow this further to 1616 or 1617. Even his birth year is disputed by several decades, and Chaitanya-charitamrita itself gives no exact date for when it was completed. So this uncertainty is not surprising, and there is nothing suspicious about it.
Songs to sing
- Krsnotkirtana Gana NartanaSrinivasa Acarya · Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami
- Nija Pati BhujaRaghunatha Dasa Goswami · Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami
- Gurau Gosthe GosthalayisuRaghunatha Dasa Goswami · Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami
- Kunkumakta KancanabjaKrsnadasa Kaviraja Goswami · Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami
- Abhidheyadhideva PranamaKrsnadasa Kaviraja Goswami · Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami
- Sambandhadhideva PranamaKrsnadasa Kaviraja Goswami · Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami
Dates and fasting times follow the ISKCON Vaiṣṇava calendar (GCal) for Vrindavan. Times in your town can differ by a few minutes.